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David Plowden
Born Boston, MA, October 9, 1932

Education
The Putney School, Putney, VT, Class of 1951
Yale University, New Haven, CT, BA Economics, 1955
Private Study with Minor White, Rochester, NY, 1959–1960
Private Study with Nathan Lyons, Rochester, NY, 1959–1960

Employment
Great Northern Railway, Willmar, MN, 1955–1956
American Express Company, New York, NY, 1957–1958
Assistant to O. Winston Link, New York, NY, 1958–1959
Assistant to George Meluso, New York, NY, 1960–1962
Self-employed photographer and writer, 1962–present

Teaching Positions
Illinois Institute of Technology - Institute of Design, Chicago, IL
– Visiting Associate Professor, 1978–1980
– Associate Professor, 1980–1986 (awarded tenure 1982)
University of Iowa - School of Journalism, Iowa City, IA
– Lecturer, 1985–1988
University of Baltimore - Institute for Publications Design, Yale Gordon College of Liberal Arts, Baltimore,
MD
– Artist-in-Residence and Senior Fel ow, 1990–1991
Grand Valley State University - Communications Arts and Humanities Division, Allendale, MI
– Visiting Professor, 1988–1990, 1991–2007

Books – photographs and text by David Plowden
1960s
Farewel to Steam, Stephen Greene, 1966; Bonanza Edition, 1968

1970s
Lincoln and His America, Viking, 1970; alternate selection, Book-of-the-Month Club, 1971
The Hand of Man on America, Smithsonian, 1971; paperback edition Chatham, 1973; 2nd printing 1974
Floor of the Sky: the Great Plains, Sierra Club, 1972
Bridges: the Spans of North America, Viking, 1974; alternate selection, Macmillan Book Club, 1975;
reprint editions: hardcover W.W. Norton, 1984; paperback 1988
Commonplace, E.P.Dutton, 1974
Tugboat, Macmillan, 1976

1980s
Steel, Viking, 1981
An American Chronology, Viking, 1982; Introduction by David G. McCul ough
Industrial Landscape, W.W. Norton, 1985
A Time of Trains, W.W. Norton, 1987
A Sense of Place, W.W. Norton, 1988

1990s
End of an Era: The Last of the Great Lakes Steamboats, W.W. Norton, 1992
Small Town America, Harry N. Abrams, 1994; Introduction by David G. McCul ough
Imprints David Plowden A Retrospective, Bulfinch Press, 1997; Introduction by Alan Trachtenberg

2000s
Bridges: the Spans of North America, Revised Edition W.W. Norton, 2002
David Plowden: The American Barn, W.W. Norton, 2003
A Handful of Dust: Disappearing America, W. W. Norton, March 2006
David Plowden Vanishing Point 50 Years of Photography, W.W. Norton, October 2007; Introduction by
Steve Edwards

2010s
Currently working on a new book of photographs. More details coming soon.

Books – co-authored and photographs by David Plowden
1970s
Nantucket, Viking Press, 1970 with Patricia Coffin
Cape May to Montauk, Viking Press, 1973 with Nelson P. Falorp
Desert and Plain, the Mountains and the River, E.P. Dutton, 1975 with Berton Roueche
The Iron Road, Four Winds Press, 1978 with Richard Snow

Books – multiple authors, photographs exclusively by David Plowden
1960s
Gems, Viking Press, 1967
The Freeway in the City, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1968
America the Vanishing, Stephen Greene, 1969

1970s
The States and the Nations:New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, and Vermont editions, W. W. Norton &
Co. and the American Association for State and Local History, 1977–1981
Wayne County: The Aesthetic Heritage of a Rural Area, Publishing Center for Cultural Resources, 1979

1980s
A Place of Sense, University of Iowa, 1988

Books – David Plowden as contributor
1960s
The Americans, Viking Press, 1966, selected photographs
With Heritage So Rich, Random House, 1966, selected photographs

1970s
Mr. Jefferson, Architect, Viking Press, 1973, selected photographs
Railroads in America, American Heritage, 1975, selected photographs
History Cast in Metal, published by the Cast Metal Institute, 1976, selected photographs
Industrial Archaeology, Penguin Books, 1976, selected photographs
The Great West: Real Ideal, University of Colorado Press, 1977, selected photographs
Bruce Caton's America, American Heritage, 1979, selected photographs

The Photograph Col ectors Guide, published by the New York Graphics Society, 1979, selected
photographs

1980s
The Gallery of World Photography/the Country, Shueish Publishing Company, 1983, introduction and
selected photographs
The Gallery of World Photography/the City, Shueish Publishing Company, 1983, introduction and
selected photographs
Photography as Fine Art, E.P. Dutton, 1983, selected photographs
An Open Land: Photographs of the Middle West 1852-1982, Open Lands Institute, 1983, selected
photographs
Landscape, Gallery of World Photography and Thames & Hudson, 1984, preface and selected
photographs
Shaping Space, Kirkhauser, 1988, selected photographs
We Go There on the Train, published by the National Council on the Aging, 1989, selected photographs

1990²õâ€Ëð°ù±ð²õ±ð²Ô³Ù
The Changing Face of America, published by Prentice Hal , 1991, selected photographs
Plain Pictures: Images of the American Prairie, Smithsonian Press, 1996, selected photographs
Photography's Multiple Roles, published by the Museum of Contemporary Photography, 1998, selected
photographs
Predictions for the Next Mil ennium, published by Andrews McMeel, 1998, selected photographs
Recovering the Prairie, University of Wisconsin Press, 1999, selected photographs
Brooklyn, A State of Mind, Workman Publishing, 2001, selected photographs
Professional Photography Photographing Building, published by RotoVision SA, 2001, selected
photographs

Magazines/Periodicals
America West
American Heritage
American Land Forum
Americana
Architectural Forum
Audubon
Camera Arts
Country Journal
Fortune
Historic Preservation

Horizon
Invention & Technology
Life
Newsweek
Varia
Smithsonian
Timeline
Trains
Vermont Life

Grants, Fellowships and Commissions
Columbia University, New York, NY, 1962–1966
The Commission on Architecture and Urban Design, Binghamton, NY, 1966
The Committee of Advisors to the Federal Highway Administrator, 1966–1967
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fel owship, 1968
The Smithsonian Institution, 1970–1971
Department of Transportation and the Smithsonian Institution, 1975–1976
H. E. Butt Foundation, 1977

The United Board of Homeland Ministries, United Church of Christ, New York, NY, 1976
The New York Botanical Gardens and Society, 1978
The Chicago Historical Society, 1980–1984
The New York State Council on the Arts, 1966, 1987
The Seymour H. Knox Foundation, 1987
The Baird Foundation, 1987
State Historical Society of Iowa, 1987–1988
Iowa Humanities Board and The National Endowment for the Humanities, 1987–1988

Awards (selected)
The Benjamin Barondess Award for Lincoln and His America, 1971
American Library Association Notable Children's Books 1976, for Tugboat
The Wilson Hicks Award for "Outstanding Contributions to Still Photography," 1977
The Railroad History Award for "Significant Contribution to the Photographic Interpretation of North
America's Railroading History," 1989
Honored Image Maker Award for a lifetime of distinguished achievement in photography presented by
the Society of Photographic Education Midwest Region, 2002

Professional Memberships
The American Society of Media Photographers, Inc. (ASMP)

Exhibitions (selected)
Solo Shows
1960s
Columbia University, New York, NY, "The Route of Lincoln's Funeral Train," 1965

1970s
The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, "The Hand of Man on America" 1970–1971: Traveled
throughout the United States under the auspices of the Smithsonian Traveling Exhibitions Service, 1971–
1981
The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, "Bridges: the Spans of North America" 1975: Traveled
throughout the United States under the auspices of the Smithsonian Traveling Exhibitions Service, 1976–
1981
The International Center of Photography, New York, NY, "American Vernacular," 1976
The Smithsonian Institution, Performing Arts Division, Washington, DC, "Railroad Men," 1976
The Witkin Gal ery, New York, NY, 1979
Cincinnati Art Academy, Cincinnati, OH, 1979

1980s
The Gilbert Gallery, Ltd., Chicago, IL, 1980
The Gilbert Gallery, Ltd., Chicago, IL, 1981
The Chicago Center for Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL, 1982
The Federal Hall Museum, National Park Service, New York, NY, 1982
The University of Virginia, College of Architecture, Charlottesville, VA, 1982
The California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside, CA, 1982–1983
Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, IL, "Industrial Landscape of Chicago,"1985
University of Maryland, Catonsville, MD, 1985
The Cleveland Children's Museum, Cleveland, OH, "Bridges," 1986–1989

The Martin Gallery, Washington, DC, "Rural America," 1987
Kunstmuseum, Luzern, Switzerland, in conjunction with The International Festival of Music, 1987
Burchfield Center, Buffalo, NY, "The Lake," 1987–1988
Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society, Buffalo, NY, 1987–1988
Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI, 1988
Iowa State Museum, Des Moines, IA,"A Sense of Place," 1988–1989
Iowa Humanities Board (traveling show), "A Sense of Place," 1988–1994
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History, Washington, DC, "A Sense of Place,"
1989
The University of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, 1989

1990s
Exhibits U.S.A., A division of the Mid-America Arts Alliance Touring Exhibits Program, "Changing
America: The Photographic Art of David Plowden," 1990–1993
Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL, "Natural History II," 1990
The Muskegon Museum of Art/Grand Valley State University, "End of an Era," 1993
Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Washington, DC, "Small Town America," 1994
The University of Miami, School of Architecture, Miami, FL, 1996
The Bayly Museum, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, "American Views," 1997
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT, "Imprints David Plowden A
Retrospective," 1997
The Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY, "Imprints: The Photographs of David Plowden," 1997–1998
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL, 1998
The Craven Gallery, Martha's Vineyard, MA, 1998
Albin O. Kuhn Library and Gallery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, 1998
Tatar-Alexander Photographic Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, 1999
The Spheris Gallery, Walpole, NH, 1999

2000â€Ëð°ù±ð²õ±ð²Ô³Ù
The Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, NY, "Passage: A Forty-Year Retrospective," 2000
Peter Fetterman Photographic Works of Art, Santa Monica, CA, 2001
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL, "David Plowden: Photographs," 2002
COPIA: The American Center for Wine, Food and the Arts, Napa, CA, "Barns," 2004
Peter Fetterman Photographic Works of Art, Santa Monica, CA, 2004–2005
Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL, "David Plowden Vanishing Point (celebrating 75 years)" Nov -
Dec 2007

Group Shows
1960s
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, Winter "Photography in the Fine Arts," 1967

1970s
Kodak Gal ery, New York, NY, Summer "The Face of Industry," 1976
The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, "The River," 1976–1977
Department of Fine Arts, University of Colorado, "The Great West," 1977; traveling exhibit by
Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Service, 1978–1980
Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH, "By the Side of the Road," 1978
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, "Industrial Sites," 1979

1980s
The Friedens Gallery, New York, NY, Fall "Chicago Photographers," 1982
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, "An Open Land: Photographs of the Midwest 1852–1982,"
1983; traveled 1983–1986
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, "Chicago: The Architectural City," 1983
State University of New York (traveling show), "Taking Liberty," 1986
Norton Center for the Arts, Danville, KY, "Master American Photographers," 1986
Illinois State University, Normal, IL, 1987; The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 1987: "Road and
Roadside"
The Witkin Gallery, New York, NY, "Trains, Boats and Planes," 1988
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, "The Photographer and the Railroad," 1989

1990s
Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport, IA: "Three Decades of Midwestern Photography," 1992
University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA, "Plain Pictures: Images of the American Prairie," 1996–
1997 (traveling show)
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL, "When Aaron Met Harry: Chicago Photography
1946/1971," 1996
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL, "Illinois Photographers in the Nineties: The
Midwest Photographers Project," 1996–1997
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL, "Photography's Multiple Roles," 1998–1999
Michael Price Gallery, Boston, MA, "Three Photographers," 1999

2000â€Ëð°ù±ð²õ±ð²Ô³Ù
Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL, "The Landscape We Make," 2001
Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL, "The Landscape We Make," 2002–2003
Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA, "Photography Collectors Choice," 2003–2004